But leadership in title inflation, as in so much else, is passing to the developing world, particularly India and China.

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The American technology sector has been a champion of title inflation.

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In 1975 -- by no coincidence the first year that benefits were indexed to inflation -- Social Security's pension fund, whose formal title is Old-Age and Survivors Insurace (OASI), paid out more than it took in.

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